Charles Farrar Browne

Charles Farrar Browne was born in Waterford, Maine, in 1834, and learned the trade of typesetter at thirteen, on the death of his father. He worked in the printing shops of several towns, and in 1858, at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, created the character of Artemus Ward, a semi-literate fairground showman whose letters to the newspaper made his reputation. He then edited a humorous magazine in New York, became a lecturer and filled halls from New York to San Francisco. Having set out on a tour of England, he died in Southampton in 1867, aged thirty-two.

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• Short storiesArtemus Ward, His BookCharles Farrar Browne · 1862Literature